The Catholic priest Georges Lemaître originally proposed the universe expanded from an initial point
I know I’m once again displaying my woeful ignorance for all to see, but I didn’t know this:
The Roman Catholic priest Georges Lemaître originally proposed the idea that the universe expanded from an initial point (which he called ‘the primeval atom’), and the Catholic Church supported the Big Bang theory even before most cosmologists did. This “day without yesterday” was seen as being consistent with the creation ex nihilo (out of nothing) as described in the Book of Genesis.
This snippet comes from an article in AstroBiology which is well worth reading in its entirety.
Tags: Christianity, Science & Medical